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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~P. K. Dick
I ❤️ snark, dogs, birds, GOP infighting & #PostcardsToVoters
I hate cilantro, fascism, bigotry & the carried-interest loophole.
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For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected]
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November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.

Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I keep thinking these ICEholes have hit bottom, but then they keep digging.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Shoutout to every barista holding the line across the country. Three weeks in and this national ULP strike is only getting louder!

RT if you’re standing with baristas and skipping Starbucks.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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#Wisconsin joins lawsuit led by Oregon, NY against USDA over cuts to food assistance for refugees, asylum seekers. Via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/26/r...
Oregon, NY lead lawsuit against USDA over cuts to food assistance for refugees, asylum seekers • Wisconsin Examiner
States argue USDA misinterpreted changes to SNAP eligibility, blocking refugees and asylees from benefits even after obtaining residency.
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Early voting turnout has positioned @aftynbehn.bsky.social for an historic victory but we can’t stop now - next Tuesday seals the deal so let’s do all we can to GOTV on Dec. 2!! 🗳️✊💙🇺🇸 substack.com/@aftynbehn/n...
Rep. Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn)
TWO POINT RACE!!!!! help us get across the finish line!! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn-behn-website/
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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@aftynbehn.bsky.social would be an excellent representative for #TN7.

I'm also thinking about the national ramifications of this race.

Low-morale Congress critters thinking about retiring might take their cue from a race that's a lot tighter than it's gerrymandered to be...🤞
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tennessee voters in #TN7. If you haven't already, t's time to vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social today or on Election Day, Tuesday Dec. 2nd.

Remind anyone you think needs reminding & if you can, maybe offer a ride to folks who might need help getting to their polling place.
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!

Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Quelle surprise.
Exclusive: The US-backed 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, which became public last week, drew from a Russian-authored paper submitted to the Trump administration in October reut.rs/3XQq2ZT
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Is that a lot?
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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NASHVILLE Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7: “You will never have a chance to have as much impact in an election as you do right now.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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PILGRIM: We came here on the Mayflower. It has nothing to do with the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.

(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)

PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?

INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
How Someone Who Didn’t Pay Much Attention in Class But Learned Just Enough to Pass Exams Imagines the First Thanksgiving
PILGRIM: Happy First Thanksgiving. Thank you for having us to your tepee. INDIAN: How! (The INDIAN holds his hand in the air with his palm facing o...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Taking the 'thanks' out of T-giving 2025...paid too much for groceries, then ruined them by trying AI slop "recipes".
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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God DAMN it the proles figured out planned obsolescence??? How are we supposed to make number go up forever now??
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Contrary to its name, the Emperor Penguin holds no real power.

That is reserved for the Prime Minister Penguin.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Maduro needs to go, but so does Trump. "Toppling" is a bad idea in either case; we need peaceful, democratic strategies to rid ourselves of these corrupt, feckless rulers.

Trump doesn't want to save Venezuelans (or USians) from Maduro, he just wants the excuse of a war to deprive us of our rights.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wearing my shocked face. 😐
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM